Bjorn Yandel the Barbarian

Episode 121 Dark Clouds (5)

I stand awake for a moment and look ahead.

Misha also went back and there were two people in the room where no one thought there would be.

Misha and Erwen.

‘There’s no way the two of them know each other, so did Erwen come to visit me and meet by chance?’

As soon as I entered the room, as a habit, I analyzed cause and effect through the given circumstances.

But that was all.

Kwak Kwa Kwam-!

Unlike the damp outside air from the pouring rain, my small one-room room feels cool for some reason.

The room was full of questions.

‘what? Why is he so upset?’

We’ve been close together for months, and I can tell just by looking at their expressions.

Misha is very, very angry right now.

It is incomparable to the time when I was caught eating all the meat and secretly throwing away the carrots.

Seeing that even the hair on her tail is slightly swollen, she seems to be wary…

Strangely, Erwen is the same.

‘……Is he really crying?’

I have tears in my eyes.

It’s not that I’m shedding tears, but should I say that I feel like I’m trying to hold back?

Rather than crying out of sadness, it’s more like an expression of enduring it with trembling in resentment.

‘Did they even fight?’

Based on the information presented, I came to a conclusion.

Apparently Erwen and Misha had a fight.

Well, I don’t know why either.

I don’t think either of you were the type to be so emotionally confrontational with someone you met for the first time.

rattle.

As soon as I closed the door, Misha and Erwen’s eyes turned to me at once.

Perhaps it was because of the sound of rain and thunder, but it seemed that he only felt the presence of people after closing the door……

It was Misha who opened his mouth first.

“Oh, Bjorn is here? Here’s your guest.”

Misha grinned and greeted me as usual.

For some reason, the eyes weren’t smiling at all.

And that was the moment.

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaa! Mister…!!”

Erwen pours out the tears she has been holding back and jumps at me.

I dodged it with my reflexes.

Wasn’t that the picture I was thinking of?

Erwen, who landed with a balance like an agile character, asked me while biting his lips.

“Is it because of that woman…?”

what is he

For some reason, the atmosphere seemed to have changed a lot from the last time I saw it, but…

well, how much time has passed since then.

“Is it because of that woman?”

“Oh nothing!”

When I ask again, wondering if the two really had a great fight, Erwen flinched and shook his head.

After that, I glanced at one spot as if I was paying attention, and at the end of that gaze was Misha.

“Why did Bjorn come now?”

Misha, whose eyes met, approached me with quick steps.

“You went out in a hurry and nothing happened, right?”

A voice mixed with a nasal that I can’t get used to at all.

I got goosebumps for some reason, but he answered my question once.

“No big deal. Charon was accused of being a looter, but I went and said a few words and it all ended well.”

“Hey, that’s right. You had a lot of trouble.”

Misha patted me on the cheek as she said something lethal.

Normally, I would have tapped my forearm or back.

At this point, I had no choice but to ask.

“What the hell… why are you doing that?”

“Why is that? It’s a compliment for a job well done. A barbarian can’t be considered a stranger.”

I involuntarily tilted my head.

Not only was that not what I was asking in the first place…

That answer itself is full of contradictions.

“Why? Barbarians and beasts are on good terms, aren’t they?”

……is it?

Well, I’d say it’s better than a fairy who’s an enemy.

“Here’s the towel!”

I was trying to say something more, but Misha jumped up and put a towel over my head.

“First, dry your hair. You’ll catch a cold.”

“Ah uh… that’s right.”

I was suspicious of something, but I wiped my hair and moved my gaze to Erwen. I’m a guest once, but I can’t just leave it unattended.

“Did Erwen visit you first?”

“Yes? Ah yes…”

When I said, Erwen shrugged and averted his eyes.

when to run

Did you feel the distance by avoiding that?

“Anyway, that’s great. I thought I’d visit you anyway—”

“Yeah? You were trying to find one?”

“……however?”

“Really? I’m glad. I thought you might have forgotten me…”

I responded with a smile at the atmosphere that had changed after just a few words of conversation.

“It’s a colleague I met on my first labyrinth exploration, but I can’t forget it.”

“Isn’t that right? To say that it was only meaningful to me wasn’t it?”

huh?

Even though I felt a strange sense of incongruity, I was overwhelmed by Erwen’s earnest gaze and nodded.

“…Is that so?”

“Yes! It was like that, as expected!”

I don’t know what happened, but Erwen’s complexion suddenly brightened at my answer.

Social life should be about this, so I decided to ask what I was curious about.

“Anyway, it’s been a while. So how have you been?”

“Me? Are you curious about how I’ve been?”

“however……?”

“Then I’ll tell you!”

Soon after, Erwen recited nonstop the things that had happened during the parting like a bird chirping.

Most of them were stories related to the labyrinth.

Climb the floors with your sister, defeat monsters, and absorb new essences. Oh, did you usually lock yourself in your room and practice day and night?

“Look at this! Now I can handle all the four great spirits! Three of them have even finished blooming!”

“What? Three?”

“Yes! I worked really hard!”

To be honest, I was a bit surprised too.

No matter how much I grew up as if I was raising my sister’s sister, it was difficult to see it as an achievement achieved in a few months.

‘Is this a talent?’

It is different in many ways.

If I became stronger with high-end essence and equipment, this person is close to really developing his abilities through training.

‘It’s not even been a year, but it’s a bow fairy that succeeded in blooming with three attributes…’

This is definitely precious.

If all the four major attributes can bloom, ‘that’ will become possible in the latter half.

‘If it wasn’t for Jeop-sister, I would have been able to put her in as a colleague.’

It’s a pity that I feel like I’ve lost some talent.

I just decided not to say anything stupid.

It’s not like he’s going to form a team right now anyway, and there’s no way he’ll abandon his family anyway.

“Anyway, it’s fortunate that I was busy with training. I thought I couldn’t come because I moved accommodations. Actually, it was time for you to focus on growth rather than me.”

“Oh, it’s not like that…”

“Yeah, Bjorn is right. If it’s not even a year old, should he start looking for his own way to live?”

Misha, who had been silently listening to the conversation, stood up and wrapped her arms around Erwen’s shoulders.

Then Erwen stiffened and—

“Yeah…”

He nodded weakly.

Is it because of my mood that I seem to notice Misha?

I suddenly remembered the atmosphere of the first time I entered the room, so I belatedly asked.

“Oh, so what happened to you two while I was gone?”

Actually, it was something I was curious about from the beginning.

However, at my question, Misha naturally tilted her head.

It’s like you’ve been asked a strange question.

“Huh? Nothing happened?”

“Nothing happened? I thought the two of you were fighting—”

“Nyaha! There’s no way we’re fighting. How close we are. Right Erwen?”

“Yes Mr. Karlstein…….”

“What is Mr. Carlstein. Just call me sister.”

“Your sister…….”

It looks like Iljin unnie is taking an innocent female student down an alley.

It seems like there’s definitely something, but…

as long as they keep their mouths shut, it’s hard to hear the answer they want just because they’re asking.

‘I’m going to find out what happened later……’

I passed the two and opened the window wide.

The sky where the dark clouds receded before I knew it. Sunlight shines and glistens on the wet streets.

Therefore, I issued an order to celebrate twenty thousand guests.

“The rain will stop. Now then, both of you, go out. I’m going to wash up and get some rest, too.”

For some reason, fatigue was creeping in.

***

After leaving the uncle’s room.

Erwen was in a difficult situation.

“Huh? Are you heading this way too?”

“Yeah, how about that?”

“Then go first. I’ll go a little later.”

It is the same direction as the beast woman.

Well, fortunately, this woman didn’t seem to want to go with me either…

“Then you go first. I’ll go later.”

“No. You go first.”

This is the biggest headache.

Are you leaving later?

how do you believe that

For some reason, as soon as he disappears, he seems to turn around and go to his room. From the looks of it, it was clear that this woman had the same doubts as herself.

“Haa……”

Erwen and Misha sighed at the same time.

“Then shall we go together?”

“Yeah, that would be better.”

On the way back, there was only awkward silence.

No one talked to them first and they just focused on walking.

That’s natural.

He said that nothing happened to him, but it wasn’t really like that.

[well? Don’t you already know what that means?]

Upon hearing that, Erwen felt as if a screw was coming loose from his head. My heart was beating like crazy and I couldn’t stand it any longer.

So, without realizing it, the words came out.

[This naughty cat…!]

For the first time in his life, he spat out swear words at others.

Even that was not enough, and when I came to my senses, my hand was touching the dagger at my waist.

Then Erwen knew.

[I guess you have a problem with your head?]

If it wasn’t for that one word, it would have been after swinging the dagger that I would have come to my senses.

The beast woman was strong.

Not because of my mood, really.

A fairy with a naturally sensitive spirit can feel the spiritual power of others.

‘Twice as much as me… maybe even three times as much.’

There was a big difference in spiritual power.

It means that more high-grade essences were absorbed. It could also be felt through the momentum or posture of the exhalation.

The moment I realized this, I felt dizzy.

Mischa Karlstein.

this woman is the enemy

But you can’t fight and win.

That is to say, it will be taken away.

Something that was precious this time as it was then.

yes it is stolen

Feelings separated from reason raged.

The memory of a certain moment engraved in his brain paralyzed Erwen’s thinking.

Buried in emotion, his mouth moved on its own.

[Please don’t take it away……. Please…….]

Miserable begging.

Something I would never have said if I was sane.

Those words flowed out one after another.

[What…?]

The beast woman, who had been staring at her coldly, opened her mouth as if she was dumbfounded.

Erwen also knew in his head how ugly and grotesque he would look now.

But…

I had myself who thought that if I could protect something precious, I could do even worse. No, he might have been on his knees and begged, pouring out tears.

rattle.

If it hadn’t been for the uncle’s arrival just in time.

[Aaaaaang! Mister…!!]

Erwen shook his head as if to shake off his thoughts.

It was an embarrassing memory that I didn’t even want to think about.

For some reason, it is difficult to think rationally when the uncle is involved.

‘……She must have looked like a strange woman, right?’

Erwen glanced at Misha, blushing with shame.

She was now standing at a fork in the road.

“I’m over there now, where are you going?”

“Fortunately… it’s the other way around.”

“Umm, that’s right…”

The time to break out of the awkward silence came, but both of them stopped and looked at each other, unable to move their feet.

The first to speak was Misha.

“You… are you going to come tomorrow too?”

“By the way.”

“Haa… I’m really…”

Mischa touched her forehead as if she couldn’t believe she was in a situation like this.

It was the same with Erwen that didn’t feel real.

Until I ran to this place, I was just thinking about meeting and having a good laugh with Mr.

“Anyway, I’ll go. You go properly, too. Okay?”

“There……”

“Huh?”

Erwen grabbed Misha as she was heading to the other fork in the road.

I had something to say.

Although I really don’t like it.

“……Thank you.”

“Thank you…?”

“You didn’t tell the old man what happened earlier.”

“Did you pull out a knife and try to attack me?”

“Yes……”

Erwen lowered his head and Misha let out a big sigh.

“Okay, let’s make a promise.”

“A promise?”

“Even if he said he wouldn’t come anyway, he’ll come. So, I’ll keep it a secret from Bjorn when the two of us are together. That… you’re probably the same as me… but I don’t think I want to bother you with something like this. ”

“……great.”

“Then I’ll go. Do you really have to go home properly?”

“yes.”

Soon after, Erwen separated from Misha and headed to the inn.

It was quite a distance, but it didn’t feel long, perhaps because it was so complicated in my head.

When I opened the door and entered, my sister greeted me.

with an expression of concern.

“Erwen.”

“Sister…….”

Erwen collapsed into her sister’s arms.

“Did you meet that person…?”

“Yeah. He really was alive.”

“Is that so…? That’s good.”

She pampered herself in her sister’s arms for a long time, as if comforted.

And I got my heart together again.

“Unnie, I will become stronger.”

“Being stronger…?”

“Yeah. What’s strange?”

“No, I don’t want to practice anymore…”

Erwen tilted his head at her sister’s meaningful words.

Why did you stop training yourself?

Well, when I just found out that the old man was alive, the years spent training in my room felt meaningless…

“I have someone I must defeat.”

Rather, Erwen felt a roaring desire more than before.

“So please help me a lot in the future, sister.”

If you don’t want to be the one who gets stolen.

It’s enough to be the one who steals it.